Message 785

Yesterday I drove back from our great reunion at Tahoe and dropped Kirsten and her two girls off at the Sacramento airport. I finally got home about 1 PM. I went to PAMF and got the materials to start making my antibiotic solution myself. They do not want to mix it themselves anymore, but they are willing to sell me the supplies to make it myself. In the afternoon I did laundry and grocery shopping. Chris and Linda arrived about 4 PM and Mimi returned from San Jose about 6 PM. We all went to dinner at Sultana and Chris picked up the bill. We all had the salmon except Linda who had the lamb. They were all very good. In the evening we watched a DVD of the French movie Horseman on the Roof. Chris can't see well enough to read subtitles, so he slept through some of it.

Message 784

Yesterday I packed my suitcase for Tahoe. This will be my last message until I return from Tahoe in a week. I have arranged to meet Kirsten and her kids at the Sacramento airport tomorrow morning. This afternoon I will pick Charlie and Kat up at Jason's house about 5 PM and bring them to Menlo Park to spend the night. We should all leave tomorrow morning by 8:30 Am to get to Sacramento by 11 AM.

Message 783

We had a great breakfast yesterday at the Live Oak Kitchen. Beech and Annie loved seeing all the kids. Annie fell asleep on the way home and had about an hour-long nap. Jason took all the other kids to Great America while Susan and Julie went shopping, or something. It was great to see Julie and Alex who has grown a lot since I saw him last year. Last night I watched a DVD of the Spanish movie The Maid. It was supposed to be a comedy/drama, but I thought it was mostly boring as well as strange. I give it 2.5 stars.

Message 782

Things have changed since I sent my message yesterday. Julian and I are now going to be driving separate cars, so I will take Charlie and Kat with me to pick up Kirsten and her kids at the Sacramento airport. I will thus not have to put them on the train to San Francisco, so Chris and Linda will be only two in their rental car on the drive to Tahoe. Vanessa will be here in about forty minutes to drop off Beech and Annie while she sees her doctor to discuss her surgery next week. I am going to take the kids down to Los Gatos to have breakfast with the gang, which now includes Julie and Alex, who flew in last night.

Message 781

Chris called yesterday and asked if Charlie and his girlfriend Kat can stay here Friday night. They are staying with Jason and Susan before that, but they are all leaving for Tahoe on Friday. I will drive to Los Gatos and pick Charlie and Kat up and bring them to Menlo Park to stay Friday night. Saturday morning early I will take them to the train station so they can ride the train to San Francisco to meet Chris and Linda to ride in their rental car to Tahoe.

Last night Joshua joined Mimi and me for a burger at The Dutch Goose. I was glad Joshua and Mimi had a chance to get to know each other.

Message 780

Yesterday I finished reading Science and also I finished the book Half the Shy by Nicholas Kristof and his wife Sheryl WuDunn. Its subtitle is Turning Oppression into Opportunity Worldwide. It is a very good book, and I recommend it for anyone interested in women. In the evening I watched a DVD of the Chinese movie Farewell my Concubine. It is the third time I have watched it and I am finally beginning to understand it and like it a little better. It uses Chinese opera and the process of training its performers from childhood, or even infancy, to be performers. It also uses opera as an allegory to present Chinese history of the 20th century.

Message 779

Yesterday Mimi and I had coffee at Starbucks with Helen and Jim and Joan and Dave. I also read all of The Economist and part of this weeks Science. In the evening I watched Presumed Innocent on PBS. I had read the book years ago but I had not seen the movie. I was amazed at how young the cast looked. Harrison Ford was still on the way up and a couple of the others later became famous for their parts on the TV series West Wing.